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5.4.2 Installing Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives in the Hot-Swap Bays
This procedure describes how to install hot-swap hard disk drives in a hot-swap bay.
Attention: Follow all ESD-sensitive parts procedures while performing these procedure. For ESD information, see "Handling
Electrostatic Discharge-Sensitive Parts" in topic 5.1.
1. Attention: A replacement device might need time to acclimate to its new environment:
2. When you install a device into an operating environment from an environment whose temperature is outside the specified operating
range (see "Operating Environment" in topic 1.2), do not use that device for at least 3 hours.
This delay allows the drive to acclimate to the operating environment.
3. Remove the new hot-swap hard disk drive from any shipping packaging, but leave it in its sealed plastic bag (if present) to prevent
condensation forming.
After 3 hours, remove the hot-swap hard disk drive from its antistatic bag.
4. Open the front cover, following instructions in "Opening the 7131 Storage Tower" in topic 5.3.1.
5. Remove the hot-swap hard disk drive from the antistatic bag.
6. Move the latch down on the new hot-swap hard disk drive, then slide it into the hot-swap bay(Figure 5-24).
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Figure 5-24. The Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives and the Hot-Swap Bays
7. Press the hot-swap hard disk drive firmly to seat it on the backplane.
8. Move the latch up on the hot-swap hard disk drive. Pull slightly to ensure that the latch is engaged.
9. Verify that the front of all the hot-swap hard disk drives are aligned.
10. Verify that the green LED to the hot-swap hard disk drive is on; light is steady, not flashing.
11. Configure the device on the system; see your system publications.
12. Close the front cover.
7131-105 User's Guide
Installing Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives in the Hot-Swap Bays
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